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Tomb Model

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Object Number:E14259O
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Sedment
Locus: Tomb 2111, Tomb of Khentkhety
Period: First Intermediate Period
Date Made: 2130 - 1980 BCE
Early Date: -2130
Late Date: -1980
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Wood
Pigment
Iconography:Beer Bottle
Credit Line:Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921

Description

Wooden model of a sealed beer jar. Conical mud selaing is painted black. Ovioid jar with flaring rim is painted red.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 69View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Brunton, Guy, and Petrie, William M. 1924. Sedment.. London. Vol. 1. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 7; Pl. XXView Objects related to this Actual Citation

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